Unit1 The Innocent Eye 1
Unit2 Absolutophobia 15
Unit3 Politeness and Authority at a Hilltop College in Minnesota 31
Unit4 Zipped Lips 47
Unit5 The Cult of Ethnicity:Good and Bad 63
Unit6 The Triumph of Hope over Self-interest 81
Unit7 The Death of the Moth 99
Unit8 The Thrill of Victory:The Agony of Parents 117
Unit9 What Is Happiness? 135
Unit10 Drug Trade, Once Passingby,Takes Root in Mexico 153
Unit11 “Have It Your Way”: Consumerism Invades Education 173
Unit12 What, Me? Showing Off? 191
Unit13 The Commencement Address 213
Unit14 From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm 233
Unit15 Am I Blue—1 253
Unit16 Am I Blue—2 281
Vocabulary List 305
Phrases and Expressions 316
Abbreviations and Main Labels 320